angryangy
ICC Chairman
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2004
Wouldn't the West Indies count for that?Ben's obviously wearing a massive Aussie blindfold, in which he just cannot stand to give recognition to anyone who didn't once have a ball and chain.
Wouldn't the West Indies count for that?Ben's obviously wearing a massive Aussie blindfold, in which he just cannot stand to give recognition to anyone who didn't once have a ball and chain.
1. Katich
2. Hughes
3. Ponting
4. Hussey
5. Clarke
6. Haddin
7. Watson
8. Johnson
9. Lee
10. Siddle
11. Clark
Hughes better than Chanderpaul?
Chanderpaul has faced bowlers like Warne, McGrath, Gillespie, Donald, Bond, Clark, Murali, Caddick, Gough, Lee, Kumble, Pollock, Akram, Younis, MacGill, Srinath. The standard of bowlers Hughes will face aren't in the same class.
Yeah that's when Chanderpaul averaged in the low 40's. Since they all left world cricket, his average has risen to 50.Hughes better than Chanderpaul?
Chanderpaul has faced bowlers like Warne, McGrath, Gillespie, Donald, Bond, Clark, Murali, Caddick, Gough, Lee, Kumble, Pollock, Akram, Younis, MacGill, Srinath. The standard of bowlers Hughes will face aren't in the same class.
Yeah that's when Chanderpaul averaged in the low 40's. Since they all left world cricket, his average has risen to 50.
Chanderpaul deliberately bats down the order and lets batsman that he is better then bat ahead of him, whilst Hughes opens the batting and does it tough. More credit to Hughes.
Bowlers not in the same class? What about Steyn? Sharma? Southee? Mendis?
They will be equally as good as the majority of the names listed and they are already better then some of them. IMO, bowling attacks will be allot stronger in the future then what they have been over the past decade.Sharma?Southee? even for Mendis its too early. not even close to the guys he named.
Opening the batting is the hardest position to bat and South Africa is the most difficult country to open the batting in. Really, Hughes couldn't of done it much harder and he not only succeeded by dominated one of the best bowling attacks in world cricket in bowler-friendly conditions.Dare said:Chanderpauls average went up after he had a loose bone removed from his foot, not because the bowlers retired. He did fine against all those.
It's no coicindence that Chanderpaul only started succeeding after all of the quality bowlers in world cricket retired. The fact that he also bats so far down the order only helps his cause.Dare said:And its no up to Chanderpaul where he bats, since the WI had a weak lower order he was put there to protect from a collapse and because he is good at batting with the tail.
He already has. The pressure of replacing one of the greatest Opening Batsman ever is more pressure then Chanderpaul has ever faced. Being targetted by the best bowler in the world before your maiden Test match is allot more pressure then Chanderpaul has ever faced.Dare said:In his career Hughes will never face as much pressure as Chanders did or does atm.